A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.88

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Chapter eight (atīsāragrahaṇīdoṣanidāna) deals with: the six types of atīsāra (diarrhoea): caused by one doṣa separately, all three doṣas, fear (bhaya), and grief (śoka) (8.1a–c);¹⁶⁷ the aetiology and pathogenesis of diarrhoea (8.1d–4c);¹⁶⁸ the prodromes (8.4d–5c);¹⁶⁹ the symptoms of diarrhoea brought about by vāta (8.5d–7),¹⁷⁰ pitta (8.8–9ab),¹⁷¹ kapha (8.9b–11c),¹⁷² all three doṣas (8.11d),¹⁷³ fear and grief (8.12–13ab);¹⁷⁴ four varieties of diarrhoea: sāma and nirāmaka, sāsrj (accompanied by blood)¹⁷⁵ and nirasra (not accompanied by blood); the characteristics of sāma and nirāma diarrhoea¹⁷⁶ (8.13cd–15ab); grahaṇīdoṣa develops as a sequela of diarrhoea or independently (8.15cd–16ab);¹⁷⁷ the main features of this disease (8.16cd–18);¹⁷⁸ the four types: brought about by one doṣa separately or three doṣas together (8. 19ab);¹⁷⁹ the prodromes (8.19cd–20);¹⁸⁰ the general symptomatology (8.21);¹⁸¹ the symptoms of grahaṇīdoṣa due to vāta (8.22–25ab),¹⁸² pitta (8.25cd–26ab),¹⁸³ kapha (8.26cd–29a),¹⁸⁴ and all three doṣas (8.29b);¹⁸⁵ the three disorders of the digestive fire (viṣamāgni, etc.)¹⁸⁶ also belong to grahaṇīdoṣa (8.29cd–30ab); the eight mahārogas (severe diseases), which are difficult to overcome: vātavyādhi, aśmarī, kuṣṭha, meha, udara, bhagandara, and grahaṇī (8.30c–f).